FACT - Friends of Alum Creek and Tributaries
Volunteers working to preserve and protect the quality & beauty of the Alum Creek watershed and promote environmentally responsible recreation, educational opportunities, & citizen participation at many levels.
We are still seeking feedback on the city's draft Climate Action Plan. Take a few moments this weekend to review and comment.
Sections include Climate Solutions, Buildings, Transportation, Waste, and Sustainable Neighborhoods. Sharing your opinion is as easy as clicking “agree, neutral, or disagree,” and there is also a section for your ideas if they are not already in the plan. Click here for the plan and to comment: climateactioncolumbus.consider.it/
Clever infrastructure accommodation
The tunnel of love: Keeping salamanders off the streets - Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System
www.metroparks.net
PEG HANLEY Public Information Manager Mating season for eastern tiger salamanders and spotted salamanders at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park can get a bit dicey as these determined creatures surface ...Read MoreExpanded recycling intake news and details for those using Rumpke services, including Columbus residents.
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Happy winter solstice greetings and friendly reminder of our annual membership appeal. Please renew your FACT membership or become a FACT member or gift a membership. Contribute on-line via friendsofalumcreek.org/personal-membership/ or mail us a check. Thanks to all and happy holidays.
Bird habitat in natural corridors such as along rivers adds to the measurable quality of life for everyone, when a diversity of species can flourish.
Do you feed the birds in your backyard? What birds do you enjoy seeing near the Alum Creek?
Study: Birds Are Linked to Happiness Levels
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A new study reveals that greater bird biodiversity brings greater joy to people, according to recent findings from the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research. In fact, scientists concluded that conservation is just as important for human well-being as financial security.I saw a bald eagle following the creek north one spring, memorable sight. Every variety of woodpecker known to Ohio passes through, too
lots of waterfowl & robins
American Eagle, cape may warblers, Pileated Woodpecker, wood ducks, Great Blue Heron
To clean up the oceans, we need to clean up the rivers. As close to the source(s) of the pollution as possible
cleantechnica.com/2020/12/10/ocean-cleanup-sets-its-sights-on-worlds-most-polluted-rivers/
Ocean Cleanup Sets Its Sights On World's Most Polluted Rivers
cleantechnica.com
After a year spent tackling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the Ocean Cleanup company sets its sights on the world's 1000 most polluted rivers.Creating a much needed local connector with the Alum Creek Greenway Trail in north Columbus.
Happy December and Giving Tuesday! Today please renew your FACT annual membership or become a FACT member. Contribute on-line via friendsofalumcreek.org/personal-membership/ or donate through the Columbus Foundation (adding some matching funds on Dec. 1) columbusfoundation.org/the-giving-store/nonprofit-directory-listing/FriendsofAlumCreekandTributar... Thank you for your generous support.
Preservation Parks Delaware County 100+ acre parcel, former ag field with two streams and wetland areas being restored within Alum Creek floodplain. $450k project led by Environmental Remediation Contractor, supported with grant funding from US EPA. Hundreds of large and small trees have been planted with many more being added. This county parkland will have future public access and amenities. Located at the SE corner of I-71 and Bale Kenyon Rd in Orange Township. FACT toured project site on Nov 19, 2020. In addition, see FACT's April 2019 photos from one of our tree planting service projects here. www.facebook.com/pg/FriendsofAlumCreek/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2523755817654211
Wow! Thank you for posting! Amazing.
Landscape affects water quality
How Landscaping Choices Affect Water Quality
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Are you tackling a new landscaping project this fall? According to a growing body of research, landscaping can improve your quality of life. But it can also improve water quality, too—while also protecting delicate aquatic ecosystems.Last moment invite to this Thursday afternoon's outdoor field tour. Preservation Parks of Delaware County is hosting a walking tour for FACT members of their tributary restoration project to McCammon Creek, a tributary to Alum Creek, on Thursday Nov. 19 at 2 PM. The site is located at Bale Kenyon Rd (between I-71 and Kendal Lane) within 112 acres that was acquired by Preservation Parks in recent years. The project will restore approximately 1,250 linear feet of previously ditched stream channel and restore nearly 2,500
linear feet of floodplain along both banks of the stream. The streambank conditions were badly eroding and unstable. The site is in the final construction phase so plan on wearing appropriate footwear. Questions to president@friendsofalumcreek.org goo.gl/maps/22MiaRSLyqcYaFeV6
related area park news preservationparks.com/news/bicentennial-barn-and-land-to-become-future-park/
Wish I could! Enjoy
McCammon Creek Park restoration project fact sheet